So….
I made the meatballs and rice from Nigella Lawson’s brilliant book ‘Feast’. The ones from the kiddie chapter.
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| Nigella’s meatballs & rice |
I slaved over them. treasured them, made each little ball with love.
This is how my youngest daughter reviewed them a few years ago…..
But now the family ask ‘What’s for tea?’…..then turn their noses up. Won’t even try them.
Nada. Zilch.
what to do…..what to do……
Sudden light bulb moment!
Turn them into a curry**.
then everyone eats them, raves over them, wants them again.
Crisis averted.
Sigh….my family are Curryholics.
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| Meatball curry with peas |
Mind you it does look quite good right?
**I did this by frying off a couple of chopped onions in a little oil, adding 2-3 tbsp curry powder, which I fried for a few minutes with the onions to take away the raw spice taste. Then, tablespoon by tablespoon, add about 6 tbsp yoghurt, stirring between each addition until it is incorporated into the sauce.
Add the original meatball recipe to the onion, curry powder and yoghurt, add a couple of handfuls of frozen peas, a few chopped fresh green chillies (We like things spicy so I tend to add about five of them!) and about a cupful of water, simmer for about 20 minutes.
A couple of minutes before it’s ready stir in a small bunch of chopped fresh coriander and a tbsp of garam masala.
Serve again.To rapturous delight this time.
At Anna’s Kitchen Table 
My daugther write comments in my recipes too, have some copybooks and she write.Love meatballs, anyway Im not sure what I will make tonight!! have some lentils to my son and daugther eat salads at night but the father????Have a nice weekend Anna, gloria
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Brilliant change up. And you must keep that recipe book forever – what a sweet note.
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What? So you served it once then changed the sauce? What a dedicated mum!! It does look really good I must say but I would never have gotten away with that as a kid!
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Clever you Anna. I have some Ikea meatballs in the freezer need using up so dinner tonight is sorted. x
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Hi Gloria, I love my daughter's comments in my cook books, it makes me smile whenever I see one!Angela- Feast is my favourite cookbook of all time, so I'll never throw it away! LOLDom – the top photo is an old one as I forgot to take a pic of the meatballs before they morphed, so I hadn't actually doled them out to the family.I love them- but that would've made me furious!! LOLGranny- great idea!
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It probably says alot about my taste that many of MY own most favourite recipes are ones that are supposed to be geared toward children. All of the recipes in Kiddiefeast chapter for sure. I love things hot and spicy, and I am sure these meatballs are delicious, but I'd never turn down the original either. Kids/teens can be so finicky, you're such a great Mum Anna:)
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